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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Gyu Min Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Sam Young Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a clothes dryer including a bearing capable of stably supporting an up and down movement of a drum caused by an unbalanced load inside a drum upon the rotation of the drum, and a method for manufacturing the same. The clothes dryer includes a cabinet provided with a rear plate, a drum rotatably installed inside the cabinet, a shaft configured to transmit a rotational force to the drum, a bearing unit configured to support the shaft and placed between the rear plate and the shaft, and a bearing hole placed on the rear plate and to which the bearing unit is coupled, and the bearing unit includes a ball bearing provided with an inner ring and an outer ring, a bearing housing configured to support the outer ring and inserted into the bearing hole and a bearing bracket coupled to the bearing housing.